Founding History of Amazon

Founded by Jeff Bezos.

Started design and development work in June 1994.

Incorporated as Cadabra Inc. in July 1994.

Purchased the amazon.com domain name in November 1994.

Launched commercially in July 1995.

Amended company name to Amazon.com Inc in May 1996.

Started trading on the NASDAQ in May 1997.

Headquartered in Seattle, USA.

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Year 1 of Amazon

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Version 1 of Amazon (Website)

JUL 1995

Stats of Amazon (Pre-IPO)

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Full Year 1 of Amazon

Y1 of Amazon.pdf

JUN 1994 to MAY 1995

Extras of Amazon

1997 JUN Jeff Bezos interview

1999 APR Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose

1999 JUL Jeff Bezos on 60 minutes

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